The Earth After Rebirth

The celebrations finally ceased after several days, but the festive mood was still alive in the city. Races had travelled far to pay their respects so the city's economy saw a huge rise. The day of the coronation had already been set.

Hubris had decided they should build his place within the city walls. It only made sense that he lived in a city that never lost hope that he was alive, a city that waited for his return and for his liberation.

The city was busy with construction, the city wall was demolished to make the city much bigger than it was. To also make the new palace fit. Kiro and Hubris were given a temporary residence, they had all to themselves. It had a big yard. It was fenced by a great wall too.

They even pleaded to change the name to Hubris. But refused, on the account that, the name was ancient and his ancestors came up with it, so he wouldn't feel good about changing it, they understood.

Every city reverted back to their old names. It was only Halo that refused to be changed. It was the Rebel City after all. They've longed been proud of who they were, even if that meant being punished for it.

"I'm going to the smithy, master." He shouted opening the gate.

Kiro was busy training. He had a new ability he wasn't used to, he never liked not being used to his own skills. So he was out in the yard, changing everything he could find, his astral body in Paradise was also doing the same.

He figured that would be twice the training for him, meaning the experience he gained would be two times more. He heard Hubris but didn't answer him.

Hubris walked the streets, he could've used teleportation but he wanted to see the progress they've made so far and it extremely fast.

His palace walls were already standing tall. The new city wall had already been done, and that was all in 3 days.

"That's too fast." He mumbled to himself.

Everywhere he passed, he got a slight bow. He had to remind himself every time that, he would be their King, so he can't bow back, a simple smile would suffice.

He arrived at the smithy, who was already working on something. The knock at the door annoyed it him slightly, he grunted.

Opening the door, he fell to his knees. He'd never imagined that a King would grace his small and dirty shop.

"I'm so sorry for my impertinence, Sire."

He invited him in. He stood by the door dumbly, he didn't know what to do. Then ran around the shop, attempting to tidy it a bit but failing because the mess was too great.

"It's alright you can relax, I understand your line of work, I'm not someone who would visit someone's abode and tell them how to run it."

"Ha-ha." He gave a half-hearted laugh, grinning from ear to ear. "You'll be a great King." He blurted out.

The being was a hellizard, stockier than his people who were usually lean. The smithy noticed Hubris' gaze upon him, he was used to it by now. He moved to this city because nobody would care.

"I'm a mixed race hellizard. That's why I don't look like my kin exactly." He explained without being asked. "People usually have a problem with that, I'm sorry."

"It doesn't matter, if you can do what I came here for, I'd even hire you as a royal blacksmith."

His eyes popped in surprise. He wasn't someone who was given many chances in this world because they were prejudiced against those of mixed race.

"I-I would be honoured Sire, I don't know if I'm worthy."

"First, continue to work on what you were working on. The steel will get cold, and as I was told, mining for these isn't easy."

He was surprised that he knew something so trivial. He never thought people of high status bothered with knowing such information about his profession. He was almost moved to tears as he grabbed his hammer and started.

"I want you to create a statue of my father. It should be big, tall and majestic. He's someone this Kingdom should revere and remember forever."

He took out a piece of parchment with a drawn look-alike of his father from his memories. Using his new skill, Kiro was able to rummage through his memories and draw the picture. Hubris was amazed at how multi-talented his master was.

"It'll be ready in a day or two Sire." The blacksmith answered looking at the drawing as he hammered, shaping the weapon he was making.

"The coronation is in two days, so that would be perfect."

"Thank you, thank you for trusting me with something such as this Sire." He thanked him as Hubris left.

Every King had their own throne chair designed to their liking. He had tasked his people to find his father's, he couldn't remember what it looked like. Kiro also couldn't find anything in his memories.

They turned the whole kingdom upside down and still couldn't find it. Even at the King's vault it was not there. Hubris reckoned his uncle destroyed it, he couldn't very well sit on a chair of someone he hated and murdered.

"The vault should be moved within the city Sire, I can feel it my bones that there are still Azazel's loyalists." Belial advised him.

He nodded in agreement. The vault would, for the first time in history, be part of the palace. It was a new dawn, and Hubris wasn't looking to run the Kingdom the same they had. Their ways failed, he wanted to try something else entirely.

Days came and went and it was finally the day of Hubris' coronation. Celebrations picked up from the ground once again. Construction across the city was done. The statue of his father also arrived, it was perfect.

It was ceremoniously erected at the centre, the heart of Halo.

Things from the vault would take days to transport. Since they were important artifacts, Achyls' squad volunteered to escort them.

The castle was made of a reddish purple stone. It towered over the buildings around it. In front of it were newly built houses for place workers and soldiers.

Hubris came out to the King hall's balcony, he had to be seen by all. He only needed to sit on his throne and he'd be officially the King.

Kiro was standing beside the throne like some kind of bodyguard. He was sensing everything with vibrations.

The moment Hubris sat, cheers broke out. He was officially their king now. Each and everyone in the crowd bowed to him.

"I'll now introduce you to my advisor, Belial come here." His voice spoke over the cheers.

Belial stood at the front awkwardly. He introduced his personal guard, which were the 60 beings that could use Kaos. He also introduced the royal army, the beings that went to war with him.

"Now I'll introduce you to the man who made all of this possible, my master, Kiro."

His name coming from Hubris felt strange but was glad nonetheless he knew his name. He stepped forward, and grinned.